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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 457

appeared to me there were seven
in all. When the last gun was
discharged I realized I was my-
eelf wounded and went into the
house.

December 1.
Joseph Hinckley, On the eve-
ning of 6th of heard the

bells ring, went out in order to
see where the fire was, heard the
drum beat, and went down to the
Conduit; saw thirty or forty
people with sticks in their hands.
Then they hallooed, King street
forever, and huzzaed. The sen-
tine] walking backwards and for-
wards with his firelock on his
ahoulder; some of the people
said, kill "im; saw Gray who was
killeds he said to me don’t run,
my lad, they dare not fire,

Charles Willis. T saw nothing
worth relating; was not in King
street; saw a number of people
but was not near enough to see
much.

Matthew Murray. That eve-
ning ‘was at home, and heard the
bells ring, and went into the
street and was told it was not
fire, but the soldiers fighting with
the inhabitants; went into the
house and could find no stick, but
cut the handle of my mother’s
broom off, with this I came to
King street, but there were no
soldiers; some people were com-
ing from Royal Exchange lane,
some from the Town house, some
said, damn it they are only mak-
ing fools of us, it is best to go
home; went to the head of Royal
Exchange lane, and saw a cluster
of people there, saw a boy who
said that the sentry had knocked
him down with the butt end of
hig gun; saw the sentry on the
steps end the people after he
loaded, said “fire! damn you,

fire?” After the party came
down, I stood close to them, they
were swinging their bayonets,
telling the people to make ‘way;
the grenadier on the right was
struck somewhere on his right
side, but I do not know with
what, but directly he fired.

Thomas Symmonds. Betwixt
8 and 9 o’slock of Sth of Marck
near Murray’s barracks, the peo-
ple were running: and
forwards, and there was a great
mob and riot by the barrack
gate; heard the people as they
went along declare, if the sol-
diera did not some out and Aght
them, they would set fire to the
four sorners of the barracks, and
burn every damned soul of them.
I saw e good number of town’s

people had eutlasses, clubs and
rrords, there was knocking
down, riot and disturbance, and
this declaration of theirs was aft-
er that, and before the bells
rung.

William Parker. On the eve-
ning of 5th of Mareh saw seven
or eight people, the chief were
‘boys, three or four of them were
on the inside the rails, pulling
the buteher’s stalls to pieces; a
soldier passed by; they said here
is a damned soldier; some said
they are all alike, this ia as bad
as any of them, I believe they
would have beat him if I had not
rescued him; he was passing
quietly along.

John Gridley. On the evening
of 5th of March, betwixt the
hours of 9 and 10, we were
alarmed with the bells and a ery
of fire. I stopped just before
the sentinel placed at the enstom-
house, there were a large number
of boys, and some men amongst
them, about ten young men, the

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